A61B 2017/0725
With settable gap between anvil and cartridge
Official title: {with settable gap between anvil and cartridge, e.g. for different staple heights at different shots}
A61B2017/0725 (With settable gap between anvil and cartridge) appears on 758 US grants and 806 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 758
- Published applications
- 806
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 483
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 50 | 21 |
| 2024 | 57 | 20 |
| 2025 | 29 | 13 |
| 2026 | 7 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surgical instrument with adjustable jaws29 Sep 2026US 12,746,003 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical stapling instrument15 Sep 2026US 12,733,930 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- System and method for variable velocity instrument28 Jul 2026US 12,690,867 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Staple cartridge comprising wall structures to reduce cartridge deflection7 Apr 2026US 12,594,074 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical stapling systems including a timer for the firing motion17 Mar 2026US 12,575,830 B2Cilag GmbH Semiconductor
- System and method for variable velocity surgical instrument13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232318 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- System and method for variable velocity instrument13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232319 A1Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Surgical stapling systems including a timer for the firing motion11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157756 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Surgical stapling device with tissue gap control21 May 2026US 2026/0137386 A1Covidien LP
- Surgical stapler with self-adjusting staple height12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041426 A1Applied Medical Resources Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulation assembly for surgical instruments3,515US 5,704,534 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1998
- Surgical instrument3,312US 5,632,432 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Articulating surgical stapling instrument incorporating a two-piece E-beam firing mechanism3,243US 7,380,696 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical instrument2,967US 5,673,841 AEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 1997
- Surgical stapling instrument with mechanical mechanism for limiting maximum tissue compression2,855US 7,506,791 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2009